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A radio play by Thomas Carnduff
Cast
Act 1: The Armstrongs' home, York
Street, Belfast
Act 2: A Belfast Weaving Factory
Act 3: A Belfast Shipyard
The time is the year 1920
Produced by H. L. Morrow
Belfast's great industries, and the lives of the people who run them, inspired this new play by Thomas Carnduff , who for many years worked in a Belfast shipyard. It is the poignant story of the Armstrong family and the price they pay in wringing a meagre livelihood from shipyard and factory. It is written with the insight and sympathy of one who has lived among the people -one who is, in fact, of the people.

Contributors

Play By:
Thomas Carnduff
Produced By:
H. L. Morrow
Play By:
Thomas Carnduff
Martha Armstrong:
Nan McGuigan
John Armstrong, her husband:
R. H. MacCandless
Harry Armstrong, their eldest son, a shipyard fitter.:
J. G Devlin
Bob Harkness, Harry's shipyard mate:
Charles Owens
Sadie Armstrong, their daughter, a weaver:
.Gertie Lennon
Jimmie Graham, Sadie's sweetheart, an unemployed machine man:
Jack McQuoid
Mary Linnard, a weaver:
Mary Black
Mr Dawson, a shipyard manager:
Fraser Mayne
Sammy Armstrong, Harry's young brother...............:
Allan .McClelland

Regional Programme Northern Ireland

About Regional Programme

Regional Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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